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Accidental Deliberations · 5h ago

Parliament in Review - April 27, 2012

Friday, April 27 saw another day of relatively non-contentious debate on the main bill up for discussion in the House of Commons. But there was plenty of reason to question why the focus would be as narrow as it was.The Big IssueThat main bill was the Cons' elder abuse legislation, intended to add a...
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Accidental Deliberations · 7h ago

Tuesday Morning Links

This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Dana Flavelle and Rachel Mendleson both cover Lars Osberg's study on the harmful effects of inequality. But let's highlight the key conclusion from the original source:(T)he continuation of a divergence in income growth trends necessarily creates changing flo...
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Accidental Deliberations · 21h ago

Parliament in Review - April 26, 2012

Thursday, April 26 saw ample discussion of private members' business - and if the Cons are now cracking down on such debate, the results of the day's proceedings might give us some clues as to why.The Big IssueWhile it didn't receive as much media attention as another issue which was debated for sub...
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Accidental Deliberations · 1d ago

Monday Morning Links

Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Robert Cross and Glen McGregor point out how "Pierre Poutine" covered his tracks in the course of sending out fraudulent robocalls to direct voters away from the correct polls. And it's particularly worth noting how blatantly the entire scheme was planned ...
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Accidental Deliberations · 1d ago

Parliament in Review - April 25, 2012

Wednesday, April 25 saw one of the more noteworthy economic debates we've seen in the current session of Parliament, as a former-PC-turned-Liberal raised the issue of income inequality to a noteworthy response from the Harper Cons.The Big IssueScott Brison presented what should have been a relativel...
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Accidental Deliberations · 2d ago

Sunday Afternoon Links

Assorted content for your long weekend reading.- While some of us may recognize that there's little reason to lend much credence to the talking points spewed out by any Con spokespuppet, others have tried to give the benefit of the doubt as long as possible. But Lawrence Martin notes that even by th...
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Accidental Deliberations · 2d ago

Parliament in Review - April 24, 2012

Tuesday, April 24 saw a day of debate focused on a relatively non-contentious piece of legislation: a citizen's arrest bill which largely reflected Olivia Chow's work after charges were laid against David Chen of the Lucky Moose. The Big IssueWhen it came to the substance of the bill, there was litt...
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Accidental Deliberations · 3d ago

Saturday Morning Links

Miscellaneous material for your weekend reading.- Lana Payne tears into the Cons for being interested solely in developing a junk labour market where both work safety and income security are sorely lacking. And Chris Selley offers his own rebuttal to the "no such thing as a bad job" mentality:Mr. Fl...
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Accidental Deliberations · 3d ago

Musical interlude

Big Wreck - That Song
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Accidental Deliberations · 4d ago

Friday Morning Links

Assorted content to end your week.- No, there was never any doubt that any statement which could possibly be interpreted as insufficiently jingoistic in favour of the oil industry was going to give rise to a backlash from the Cons' oilpatch base. But it's well worth noting that Thomas Mulcair has ha...
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